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LYMoN Howe, or WORCESTER, AssreNon "ro HIMsELr, JONATHAN LUTHER, or Y PLACE, AND MOSES W. WHEELER, OF MILLBURY, MASSACHUSETTS;

Letters Patent No. 95,690, dated October 12, 1869.

IMPROVED ROAD-SCRAPER The Schedule vreferred to in A'these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom @lt/may concern:

sette, have invented anew and useful Improvement on Scrapers for Building Roads and Removing Earth or Snow; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, au'dto the Ylettersv of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification. v

vThe'nature of my invention consists in improved appliances/for operating and regulating the working of scrapers, whereby the scraper -s easily placed at lany 'required angle f`r scoopng the earth, or dumping, or

turning it to one side. In making roads, theearth can be scooped from the sides or gutters, and turned toward the centre' of the' road, similar -to that of plowing, by means of an are or half circle, which-I place in front of the scraper, and attach it by hooks or hinges, and attach the frontof the arc to the pole or thills, with an adjustable bolt, andby means of a ratchetlever, running from the pole .or thills, to .the round in thehandles, which round turns in the handles -to accommodate the angle of the lever, and .having a pin or bolt for the ratchet, the scraper is thus held in V'any' required position for scraping or plowing, and may be dumped with ease by one man operating it.v Two` iron 'fulcra are placed near the ends, and on the upper edge of the scraper, forthe purpose of using levers to bear the scraper in when being used as a plow. I attach the pole or thills to the scraper by means of a hook, and it is easily detached for transportation.

To enable others skilled in theart to make and usev my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 represents a scraper made of wood and iron, with my appliances, to be used with a pole or thills.

Figure 2 represents the, thills.`

The scraper may be made ofiron, or of wood and iron; The appliances are as easily attached to the iron scoop or scraper'as totheone madel of woodand iron.

In the drawing-.-

A represents an arc or half circle made of iron, and attached to the front of the scraper by hinges or hooks qJ a, said arc ofiron havingholes through it for the purpose of adjusting Athe scraper, by nut and bolt b, to the pole or thills g, thus holding it at the desired angles, or for square scraping.

B B 'B represent a ratchet-lever, made of iron or wood, attached to the pole or thills g, and extending through the rounds C, in the handles of the scraper, at which point the ratchet catches-on a pin or bolt in said round, audtbus holds the scraper in any desired position for soooping or plowing, and may be thrown out at once with ease for dumping.

The round O may be vmade of iron4 o1,wood, and

turns in the handles to accommodate the variation of the ratchet-lever. v

D D represent two iron fulcra for theuse of levers i .the board, and having holes to allow the shaft or thills to be turned aside, the ratchet-bar B and round C, turningin the handles, all constructed and arranged to operate as and for the purpose vset forth.

2. In combination with such a scraper, the ears D D, as and for the purpose set forth.

LYMON HOWE. [11. s.]

Witnesses:

J. HENRY HILL, A.l 0. MUNROE. 

